Scheffer Galéria

Bohus Zoltán

Born: Dec 21, 1941; Endrőd, Hungary
Education: 1961–1966 Hungarian University of Applied Arts, Budapest
Mural Painting Department, Prof. György Z.Gács
1966-78 First assistant of professor, Glass Branch
1978-93 Head lecturer of the Glass Branch
1993-96 Head of the Silicate Design Department
1993- Professor of glass design

Solo Exhibitions (selection)

1972 Ferencvárosi Pincetárlat, Budapest

1974 Hungarian Architects’ Association, Budapest
      (with Mária Lugossy and Ildikó Ardai)
1975 Youth House, Győr, Hungary
      (with Mária Lugossy and Tibor Csiky)
1976 Studio Gallery, Budapest
1977 Szoboszlói Kisgaléria, Hajdúszoboszló, Hungary
      (with Mária Lugossy)
      Egri Kisgaléria, Eger, Hungary (with Mária Lugossy)
1978 Cultural Center, Salgótarján, Hungary (with Mária Lugossy)
      Uitz Terem, Dunaújvaros, Hungary (with Mária Lugossy)
1979 Vasas Galéria, Diósgyőr, Hungary (with Mária Lugossy)
1980      Hungarian Institute, Warsaw, Poland (with Mária Lugossy)
1981 Museum of Decorative Arts, Budapest
1982 Red Chapel, Balatonboglár, Hungary
1984 Lobmeyr Studio, Vienna, Austria
        (with Mária Lugossy and György Buczkó)
1985 Pécsi Galéria, Pécs, Hungary (with Mária Lugossy)
      Kaposvári Galéria, Kaposvár, Hungary (with Mária Lugossy)
      Heller Gallery, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. (with Mária Lugossy)
1986 Galerie D’Amon, Paris, France (with Mária Lugossy)
1987 Mária Lugossy, Zoltán Bohus, Kunst im Rathaus, Fellbach,
1988 “Glass Sculptures”, Tihanyi Museum, Tihany, Hungary
        (with Mária Lugossy and György Buczkó)
1989 Habatat Galleries, Detroit, U.S.A. (with Mária Lugossy)
1990 Galerie “L”, Hamburg, Germany (with Mária Lugossy)
1991 Ueda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (with Mária Lugossy)
1992 Carpe Diem Gallery, Paris
1993 Hotel de Region, Rouen, France
1994 Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, Mi, USA (with Mária Lugossy)
1996 Museum of Decorative Arts, Budapest
       (with Mária Lugossy and György Buczkó)
1997 G.A.S. Conference, Tucson, A USA
       (with Mária Lugossy and László Lukácsi)
     Galerie Rob van den Doel, the Hague, /NL/ (with Mária Lugossy)
1998 Városi Képtár, Győr Hungary (with Mária Lugossy)
      Galerie Chapelotte Luxenburg (with Maria Lugossy and László Lukácsi )
      St’Art Galeria, Budapest, Hungary
1999 Heller Gallery (with Maria Lugossy), New York, USA
2000 Portia Gallery, Chicago, USA (with Maria Lugossy and Laászló Lukácsi)
2001 Körmendi Galéria, Sopron Hungary
2002 „Spaces and Streams” Glasspyramid Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (with Maria Lugossy)
2004 MAVA, Alcorcon, Madrid, Spain
2006 Glass Spaces (My first 40 years) Ipaművészeti Múzeum (Museum of Decorative Arts) Budapest
2007 Glass Spaces II. Jankay Galeria, Békéscsaba
2008 Radar Galéria, Budapest
2008 Keresztury terem, Zalaegerszeg

Group Exhibitions

1975 Jubilee Fine Art Exhibition, Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
1977 XIV. International Biennialof Small-scale Sculptures „Bronzetto”, Padova /I/
1978 Hungarian Sculpture, Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
1979 15. “Bronzetto” Palazzo della Ragione, Padova, Italy
1979 New Gass. Corning Museum of Glass, Corning N.Y. USA
      “Hungarian Days: Contemporary Hungarian Art”,
      Firenze / Milano, Italy
1980 “Licht-Form-Gestalt”, Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf,
      International Sculpture Biennial, Monza, Italy
1981 Glaskunst ’81, Orangerie, Kassel, Germany
      “Hungarian Art”, Kunstmuseum Goteborg,
      Kunsthall Malmo, Stockholm, Sweden
1982 National Fine Art Exhibition, Műcsarnok, Budapest
      Hungarian Art, Galerie Levy, Hamburg, Germany
      Hungarian Medal Art, Ermitage, Leningrad, U.S.S.R.
      Hungarian Medal Art, Puskin Museum, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
      12 Hungarian Artists. The Exhibition
      of the Budapest Józsefvárosi Gallery
      Galleria San Carlo, Naples, Italy
      “Glass”, Vigadó Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
      “Hungarian Glass Art”, Suomen Lasimuseo, Riihimaeki, Finland
1983 International Glass Exhibition, Valencia, Spain
      Essener Glasgalerie, Essen, Germany
      “Tendencias de la Escultura Hungara, Contemporanea”,
      Salas de la Direccion General de Bellas Artes
      et Archivos, Madrid, Spain
      Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
      International Glascentrum, The Hague, The Netherlands
1984 “Glass Sculptures”, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
      Hungarian Medal Art, London, Oxford, U.K.
      “Skulpturen in Glas”, Luzern, Switzerland
1985 Skulpturische Glas, The Hague, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
      2. Coburger Glaspreis, Veste, Coburg, Germany
      National Exhibition of Glass Art, Balatoni Galéria, Hungary
      L’Art du Verre a Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France
1986 “lnternational New Art Form”, Art Fair, Chicago, U.S.A.
      Exhibition of Contemporary Hungarian Sculpture,
      John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto – Montreal, Canada
      3. Triennale Fellbach, “Kleinplastik”,
      Schwabenlandhalle, Fellbach, Germany
      Amsterdam Chamber Symposium, Gal. Rob v. d. Doel, the Haque, NL
      Contemporary Glass from the Saxe Collection, Oakland, Ca, USA
      Bildende Kunst aus Ungarn, Munich, Germany
1987 “Lehrer und Schüler”, Galerie Heidi Schneider,
        Horgen, Switzerland
      Contemporary Hungarian Fine Art,
        Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
      Zeitgenössische Bildende Kunst aus Ungarn,
        Galerie der Künstler, Munich, Germany
      Aktuelle Ungarische Kleinplastik, Museum für Kunst
      und Kulturgeschichte der Stadt Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
1988 “Glaskunst aus Ungarn”, Glasmuseum, Frauenau, Germany
      Contemporary Hungarian Glass,
      The Hague, Maastricht, The Netherlands
      XVI. International Glass Invitational,
       Habatat Galleries, Farmington Hills, MI USA * and each year since then, until today
     Sculpture open, Dublin IR
1989 Contemporary Hungarian Art, Aachen, Germany
      Expressions en Verre, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland
      Contemporary Hungarian Glass, Rob v.d. Doel NL
      International New Art Forms, Navy Pier, Chicago USA
1990 Neues Glas in Europe, Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf, Germany
      I. Hungarian Glass Triennial, Tihany Hungary
1991 Csók István Képtár, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
      “BIVA” Biennale Internationale du Verre d’Art
       Contemporain, Musée Fernand Leger, Biot, France
      “Voyage Extreme”, Galerie Carpe Diem, Paris, France
      Nomades de Vidre- Nomades du Verre, Barcelona, -Paris
      Friends of Birdyland, Galerie Carpe Diem, Paris, France
1992 10 Artisters-Verriers Contemporains de Hongrie, Galerie D’Amon, Paris
      Fascination mit Glas, Essener Glasgalerie, Essen
      Contemporary Glass Art, Rufino Tamayo museum, Mexico City Mexico
1993 Glass Festival, Taiwan
1995 Paradoxon-Glass-Art, Museum of Decorative Arts, Budapest
      SOFA, Chicago, U.S.A.
      14th Annual International Glass Invitational,
      Habatat Galleries, Florida, U.S.A.
1996 SOFA, Chicago, U.S.A.
      Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey Mexico
      Galerie san Nicolo, Venezia Italy
1997 Masters f Contemporary Glass, Indianapolis USA
      Inner Light, Benedictin Monastery, Tihany Hungary
      XV. Hungarian Biennial of Small-Scale Sculptures, Pécs Hungary
1998 26th Annual International Glass Invitational,
      Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, Michigan U.S.A.
      Masters of the Pilchuk Glass School, Pilchuk, USA
      A Passion for Glass, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit USA
1999 27th Annual International Glass Invitational,
      Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, Mi. U.S.A.
      Hungarian Glass Art, Százhalombatta, Hungary
      Contemporary Glass 2000, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Fl. USA
      Galerie Internationale du Verre, Biot, France
      SOFA, Chicago USA
      XVI. Hungarian Biennial of Small-Scale Sculptures, Pécs Hungary
2000 Dennos Museum, Detroit, Mi USA
      „Millenium Glass”, Kenucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville USA
      SOFA, New York, N.Y. USA
      Art-Herald of the New millenium, Városligeti tó, Budapest
      Contemporary Sculpture, Vizivárosi Galéria, Budapest
      Hungarian Craft Today, Győr
2001 Hungarian Craft, Műcsarnok, Budapest
      Sculpture Under and Beyond, Műcsarnok, Budapest
      Contemporary Glass Exhibition, Beijing, Shanghai, China
      „Shriek From an Invisible Box”, Meguro Museum, Tokyo, Japan
      XXIX. International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Pontiac USA
      Fundacion Centro Nacional del Vidrio, San Ildefonso, La Granja Espagna
2002 XXX. International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, MI, USA
      USA.HU. Joint Exhibition of the Sculptor Socierty and the Philadelphia Sculptors, Pécs, Hungary
2003 Verriales 2003, Biot, France
      XXXI. International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI, USA
      Contemporary Directions, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, USA
      Masters of the Pilchuck School, Pilchuck, WA, USA
      XVIII. National Small-Scale Sculpture Biennial, Pécs, Hungary
2004 Verriales 2004, Biot, France
      XXXII. International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI, USA
      „Consonance” Gödöllő Workshop, Gödöllő
      „Fragile Cargo” – a touring exhibition of the Hungarian Glass Art Society and the New London Glass
       Budapest, Kaposvár Hungary; St. Helens, London Grat Britain; Brugge Belgium
2004 „Creator in Creation”, Olof Palme – House, Budapest
      KOGART Szalon, Budapest
2005 „Cargo Fragile”, London, GB
      „Collect”, V&A, London, GB
      XXXIII. International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI, USA
              „Fears” Verriales 2005, Biot,France
              „Collect”,V A Museum, London G
2006 „Meditation”,Verriales,Biot ,France
           34th International Glass Invitational,Habatat Galleries, Michigan, USA
           Hungarian Fine Art after 1945,Hungarian National Galleries, Bp.H.
2007   35th International Glass Invitational,Habatat Galleries,Michigan, USA
           Hungarian Glass Art,Hefter Gallery, Pannonhalma,H
          „Contrast”,Verriales,2007,Biot,France
          „Magia”,Society of ííííííhungarian Sculptors,Müvészetmalom,Szentendre,H.
          „Bridge for Piece”,Material Matters Gallery,Toronto,Canada
2008   36 th International Glass Invitational,Habatat Galleries,Biot, France
          „Masters”, Federation of Arts ,Budapest
          Auction of Modern Hungarian Art, Pintér Sonja Galerie Bp.H.





     Public Collections
      Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary
      Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
      Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs, Hungary
      István Király Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
      Ferenc Liszt Museum, Sopron, Hungary
      Bakonyi Museum, Veszprém, Hungary
      Municipal Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
      Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
      Musée du Verre, Sars-Poteries, France
      Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France
      Kunstmuseum, Duesseldorf, Germany
      Stadt Fellbach, Germany
      Veste Coburg, Coburg, Germany
      Glasmuseum, Frauenau, Germany
      Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland
      Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, U.S.A.
      Munkácsy Mihály Museum, Békéscsaba,Hungary

Awards

1973 Prize of Nógrád country, II. Hungarian Enamel Biennial, Salgótarján
1975 Nivo prize of the Ministry of Culture for the relief at Nagymező utca, Budapest
1976 Prize of Creation, VII. artist’s camp, Győr
1977 Nivo prize of the Ministry of Culture for the
        Fountain of the Mexico-street, Budapest (with Béla Hámori)
1981 II. prize „ Glaskunst ’81”, exhibition, Orangerie, Kassel (D)
1982 Nivo prize of the Ministry of Culture for the Solo Exhibition
        at the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest

1983 Special Prize, Vicointer, International Show of Ceramic and Glass, Valencia, Esp.
1984 Munkácsy- prize
1985 „ Coburger Glaspreis” exhibition, Urkunde
1989 Prize of town Pápa, Spring Show, Veszprém
1990 Prize of French Interior Designer’s Sindicate
        (SNAI), Troyes, Fr.

1991 First prize, XII. Hungarian Biennial of Small-Scale Sculpture, Pécs
1997 Merited Artist of the Hungarian Republic
2007     Award of Excellence, Habatat Galleries,MI, USA

Memberships

      National Cultural Fund
      Artists’ Associations, both at home and abroad
      Bibliography

János Pomsár: The New Budapest Crematory, Építőművészet, 1969/1.
Ákos Koczogh: Ceramic, Glass, China, 1975
Frigyes Pogány: The Beautiful Human Environment, 1976
Ákos Koczogh: Hungarian Metalsmithing, 1977
Ildikó Nagy: Sculptures of Zoltán Bohus, Művészet, 1977/5.
János Frank: Obelisque and Drum, Élet és Irodalom, 1978/22.
Ildikó Nagy: Studies in Space and Time, Neues Glas 3/81.
Tanya Harrod: Hungarian Glass at Coleridge Gallery, Crafts 1984 july GB.
Robert Loeffler dr.: Contemporary Hungarian Glass Art, Glass Art Society Journal, 1985
Péter Sinkovits: Speaking the Language of Glass, Művészet, 1985/3.
Colette Save: Mária Lugossy et Zoltán Bohus, les Logiciemes de la Planete Verre,
   L’Atelier, No 107, 1986
Suzanne K. Franz: Contemporary Glass, A World Surwey from the
Corning Museum of Glass, 1989 USA
Ferdinand Hampson: Glass, State of Art II. 1989
Elliot Johnson Publishers, USA
Jacques Wolgensinger: Le Verre de Hongrie, La revue de la Ceramique et du Verre, 1988 (F)
Helmut Ricke: Neues Glas in Europe, 50 Künstler, 50 Konzepte, Düsseldorf 1990 (D)
Tsuneo Yoshimizu: The Survey of Glass in the World,
Kyuryodo Art Publishers Co.Ltd, Tokyo, J. 1992
Nicolas Sersiron: Panoramique sur la Creation verre en Hongrie,
Le revue de la ceramique et du verre, No.69 1993 (F)
Catherine Vaudour: L’Art du Verre Contemporain.
Armand Colin Editeur, Paris,(F) 1993
Luca Melegati: The Glass, Officina Nova, Budapest 1995
Martha Drexler Lynn: The Studio-glass movment in America and beyond, /study at the catalogue of
„Masters of Contemporary Glass” exhibition, Indiana University Press, 1997, USA
Lajos Lóska: Transparent Sculptures, Élet és Irodalom, 1998 8.7.
Bonita Fike: A Passion for Glass; The Art-Historical Context of Contemporary Glass, USA, 1998
Zoltán Nagy: In power of Glass, Új Művészet 1999/12.
János Frank: Below the Glasspyramid, Élet és Irodalom, 5.4. 2002



Symposia

1977 –78 Steel Sculpture Symposium,
      Rába Factory Complex, Győr
1982 International Glass Symposium, Frauneau;
      International Glass Symposium, Novy Bor
1984 Glass and Architecture,
        International Glass Symposium, Sars-Poteries
      Royal College of Art, London
        Glass and Sculpture and Architecture,
      International Symposium, Hergisvil
      Glass Symposium, Immenhausen
1991 Summer School, Sars-Poteries (guest lecturer);
      Chateau Beychevelle
1994 Sars-Poteries
1998 Pilchuck Summer School (guest lecturer)
2003 „Behind the Glass Courtain”, SOFA, New York, USA
        films
1978 The encounter of Parallels (directed by M. Csányi,
      edited by Gy. Hárs)
1993 Genesis (edited / directed by I. Lugossy)
Art-Working (edited / directed by K. S. Nagy)    2003 European Glass Artists